Improvement in cooking-stoves



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N0. 130,228, Patented Aug. 6,1872.

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UNITED STATES 4lATENT CEEICE.

. GEORGE XV. C. LOVELL, OF CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEM ENT IN CQOKING-STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,228, dated August 6, 1872.

and with extended iiat top as its effective surface, primarily intended and adapted for laundry purposes. The top is formed with a single large opening to receive the largest size of sadiron heater or a large wash-boiler, and is furnished with plates and lids by which to contract this as required. A small grate and castiron tire-plates are arranged in the front of the stove. Interchangeable ueplates of different heights admit ot' the projection inward of vessels of different depths of pit, and equalize the effect of the fire thereon. The legs are attached and secured by locking-keys in combination with dovetailed sockets, and are composed of cast socket-pieces and wooden legs proper of any desired length. The objects of the invention are, first, cheapness in first cost and Iconsumption of fuel; second, safety, and, third, convenience.

In the accompanying'drawing, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved stove with small sad-iron heater applied. Fig. 2 is a half plan and half horizontal section of the same, with top plates and small lids in place. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same with large sad-iron or goose heater in position. Fig. 4 is a vertical trans verse section thereof, with top open so as to re ceivethe large sad-iron heater or a large boiler. Fig. 5 is aperspective view, showing the socketpiece of a leg and the leg-attaching devices in inverted position. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the same. Y

A represents the bottoni plate, B B the sides, C the back plate, D the front, and E the top plate or rim of a stove-shell, cast and united in any usual or suitable manner. The bottom plate (no permanent oven being employed) is similar to those of step-stoves. The top is flat like those of square stoves, and has a single large opening, a, with shouldered edges, and furnished with plates F and lids G, Figs. 2 and 4. The front has a fuel-door, y, and draftopening x, the latter controlled by a register, w, which, in the illustration,v` constitutes an extension of the ash-pit cover H. I represents a small grate supported bylugs in the front part ofthe stove, and J J cast-iron hre-plates. These plates are constructed and arranged so as to be readily removed and renewed when burned out. K, Fig. l, K', Fig. 3, represent inter changeable curved plates to constitute the floor of the fire-space behind the grate, the same being of different heights, as represented, to vary the depth of the space as required to equalize the ei'ect of the iire on vessels projecting withinV the stove more or less. Fuel is thus economized and the most uniform good eiiect secured. L L represent what I term socket-legs, the same being composed of short cast socket-pieces t and Wooden extensions u of any desired length. t t represent tapering dovetail tenons formed on the socketpieces c at proper angle, and s s lugs to embrace 'the former, cast on the under side of the bottom plate A. t', Fig. 5, represents a lug formed on the under side of each leg-tenen t; s s', matching shoulders on the lugs s; and M, Fig. 5, a key to be driven behind said lug t', between the same and the shoulders s', to clamp the tenons in their sockets and prevent their accidental escape. j It will be observed that, by reason of the dovetailed or under-cut shape of the shoulders s and the arrangement of the keys M as described, the tendency is to clamp the tenons t against the bottom plate, and this without injurious strain on the lugs s. The under-cut form of the lugs t eiectually prevents the escape of the keys. e', Fig. 5, represents the cavity of a socket-piece, e, the same being oftapering form to provide for taking up any shrinkage of the wooden extensions u. q q represent screws for securing the union of said parts, and e2 'u2 longitudinal slots in the socket-pieces cl to receive the said screwsand to provide for retightening. This mode of constructing and attaching the legs provides against danger from the legs slipping out, and thus gives increased safety, and enables the elevation of the stove to a comfortable and convenient height. Metallic legs of sufficient length would be impracticable on account of their expense and liability to be bent or fractured. N N', Figs. land 3, represent sad-iron heaters, each composed of a cast-iron pan with supporting-flange at top, a tight lid hinged at one end, and handles on pan and lid at the opposite end. The shallow pan N, to be used with the higher due-plate K, as shown in Fig. l, is adapted for the lreception of flat-irons With detachable handles; and if a large number of irons is needed a shallow pan may be used, covering Vthe entire area of the stove, as does the deeper pan N', shown in Fig. 3. This deeper pan is, as before stated, adapted for heating tailors7 goose-irons.

A portable oven or any cooking utensil could readily be applied to the flat open top of the stove by the aid of the described coinbination of plates and lids, or a permanent oven and other accessories could be added if preferred. For use with oil or any hydrocarbon liquid instead of solid fuel, I remove both plates K K and apply a ilat horizontal plate,

extending from front to back above the upper margin of the grate, to receive the luid burners or lamps.

That I claim as new herein is- 1. The interchangeable flue-plates K K', constructed and employed substantially in the manner described, for the purpose set forth.

2. The improved stove-leg, composed of cast socket-piece fv and Wooden extension u, substantially as shown and described, for the pur. pose specified.

G. C. LOVELL.

Witnesses OoTAVIUs KNIGHT, WALTER ALLEN. 

